'Israel rockets' hit Jamraya facility in Damascus

Syrian state TV says Israeli rockets have hit a research centre on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.

Heavy explosions shook Damascus overnight. Amateur footage posted online claimed to show the blasts at the Jamraya research centre, on Mount Qassioun overlooking Damascus.
"The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups, which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army," Syrian state TV said, referring to recent offensives by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against rebels.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted eyewitnesses in the area as saying they saw jets in the sky at the time of the explosions.
The activist group monitors human rights violations on both sides of the conflict via a network of contacts across Syria.
There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on the latest explosions.
"We don't respond to this kind of report," an Israeli army spokeswoman told Reuters news agency.
Earlier, unnamed US-based Israeli officials confirmed Israel had launched an air strike inside Syria on Friday, targeting a consignment of missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah.
Israel has repeatedly said it would act if it felt Syrian weapons were being transferred to militant groups in the region, especially Hezbollah, the BBC's Wyre Davies, in Jerusalem, reports.
Earlier this week, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon acknowledged that Israel had already launched an air strike in January against a Syrian target, identified by previous reports as the Jamraya facility.
Mr Yaalon said that the transfer of sophisticated weapons to radical militant groups like Hezbollah was a red line, and Israel had acted when it was crossed.
SOURCE : BBC